When someone is stealing from your store, it is important to know what you can and cannot do to protect yourself from losses and potential litigation.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to first of all try to be proactive in preventing your losses. Use clothing security tags whenever possible. These clothing alarms are one of the best and most recognizable forms of clothing security you can use.
After you start using these clothing security tags, take note, because you should start to see a reduction in the amount of attempted thefts occurring.
After that, you do have the right to detain a suspected shoplifter under the Shopkeeper’s Privilege. This allows storeowners to make a detainment and collect their stolen merchandise.
Under reasonable accommodations and time frames, you can be well within your legal rights to take someone back to an office, get their ID, and recover your merchandise.
To avoid litigation from the shoplifter, understand that you cannot hold them indefinitely. You cannot threaten them, or impose undo bodily harm to them. You also cannot violate their privacy. You also need to be 100% certain that they did steal, because it will be on you to prove it, if the case goes to court.
The best result is to contact your local police or sheriff and find out the exact dos and don’ts allowed in your area.
Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase a clothing alarm or clothing security tags and an Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system.
For more information on Checkpoint tags, clothing security, clothing alarm, or clothing security tags how they can work with your Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS system contact us at security tags on clothes or call 1.770.426.0547
